Doesn't tilt far enough unless you also remove the transaxle rear mount bolts. Just like if you're going to pull the motor all the way out. The transaxle has to tilt down too.
Forking U.S. safety specs that got the removable rear valance deleted from the build specs.
mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Shouldn't you be able to undo the moustache bar and just let the engine tip down for access?----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Livingston" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:55:57 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [tcb] Re: type IV fan/pulley Yes, but not easily. Take the tools required to drop the engine just in case. shirley hall wrote: > the squirrel cage fan on the end of the crank..... > do any of you know if the fan can be removed without pulling the engine? > can it be done by just removing the surrounding sheet metal? > > I put my 914 motor in my 72 bus. I kept the fan housing from the bus > but the fan/pulley was the one on the 914. I've been hearing a muffled > knocking noise and after a compression test that didn't show any > problems, I ran the motor a while to listen again. I took off the > timing track and could see where the fan is rubbing the housing when I > rotated the motor. hopefully thats the muffled knocking i'm hearing. > > so, I want to change the fan out but the bus is miles away and i can't > go out to the garage to see if the exchange is possible without pulling > the motor. > > thanks, > shirley >
